@Cows, well I'm not defending microsoft as it's as crappy as Apple. But this 1000$ was a real money, not the Apple gift card crap. Just imagine, if it's true this gift card is valid only 2 years. Just sum up what You have to do to actually spent 10000$, it's ridicolous.

Let's just say average price for app and song is 1$. To spend it all in 730 days she will have to buy 14 songs/apps per day for 2 years. That's a lot. She will very fast get boored with it, as good songs and apps are like 1000 tops. What's more it's all virtual money.

It's very clever by Apple, but this gift card is actually worth big crap. Seeing how much money is Apple making. It's really shameful for them that they can't afford giving her each one of their new devices. I mean it's still nothing for them if they gave her a free new iPad and iPhones 4S. Other companies are making competitions giving away free devices. Is all that Apple can do a crap gift card with ridicolous ammount of money to spend? HAHA